The arithmetic-geometric scaling spectrum for continued fractions

DOI10.1007/S11512-009-0102-8MaRDI QIDQ711480zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Johannes Jaerisch, Marc Kesseböhmer

Publication date 26 October 2010

Published in Arkiv för Matematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0808.2308

zbMATH Keywords

Continued fractionsGauss mapHausdorff dimensionthermodynamic formalism

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Metric theory of continued fractions (11K50) Fractals (28A80)

Abstract: To compare continued fraction digits with the denominators of the corresponding approximants we introduce the arithmetic-geometric scaling. We will completely determine its multifractal spectrum by means of a number theoretical free energy function and show that the Hausdorff dimension of sets consisting of irrationals with the same scaling exponent coincides with the Legendre transform of this free energy function. Furthermore, we identify the asymptotic of the local behaviour of the spectrum at the right boundary point and discuss a connection to the set of irrationals with continued fraction digits exceeding a given number which tends to infinity.

Review text

The authors study thermodynamic formalism for the Gauss map in order to obtain a multifractal spectrum for the so-called arithmetic-geometric scaling of an element \(x\in [0,1]\setminus {\mathbb Q}\). They define the set \[ {\mathcal F}_\alpha = \bigg\{x \in [0,1]\setminus {\mathbb Q} : \lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} {{\log \big(\prod_{i=1}^n a_i(x)\big)}\over{\log q_n(x)}} = \alpha\bigg\}. \] Here, \(a_i(x)\) denotes the \(i\)'th partial quotient in the simple continued fraction expansion of \(x\), while \(q_n(x)\) denotes the denotes the \(n\)'th convergent of \(x\). Using thermodynamic formalism, the authors calculate the Hausdorff dimension of the set \({\mathcal F}_\alpha\) for all values of \(\alpha\). The set is empty for \(\alpha \notin [0,1]\) and \(f(\alpha) = \dim {\mathcal F}_\alpha\) is strictly convex and real-analytic for \(\alpha \in (0,1)\). Its maximum of \(1\) is attained for \(\alpha = 12 \pi^{-2}\log 2 \log K_0\), where \(K_0\) is the Khintchine constant. At the endpoints, \(f(0) = 0\) and \(f(1) = 1/2\). At both points, the half-tangent is vertical. An expression for the function \(f(\alpha)\) is given as the Legendre transform of a free energy function associated with a certain pressure function.

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